FBI arrests Columbus school resource officer

A Columbus police school resource officer has been arrested by the FBI, city police have confirmed.

Theodore Decker, The Columbus Dispatch

A Columbus police school resource officer has been arrested by the FBI, city police have confirmed.

Details of the investigation into Officer Todd L. Smith, 49, and the nature of the charge or charges against him were not released today. An FBI spokesman in Cincinnati declined to comment on the case.

Sgt. Rich Weiner, a Columbus Police Division spokesman, said Smith has been relieved of duty. He said further comment would have to come from the FBI.

According to the Columbus City Schools website, Smith worked as a resource officer at Centennial High School on the Northwest Side.